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USN-1013-1: FreeType vulnerabilities
Marc Schoenefeld discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubunt...
USN-1011-2: Thunderbird vulnerability
USN-1011-1 fixed a vulnerability in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Thunderbird. Original advisory details: Morten Krakvik discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox. If a user were tricked into navigating to a malicious site, an attacker could cause a denial of...
USN-993-1: libgdiplus vulnerability
Stefan Cornelius discovered that libgdiplus incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted image file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...
USN-974-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Gael Delalleu, Rafal Wojtczuk, and Brad Spengler discovered that the memory manager did not properly handle when applications grow stacks into adjacent memory regions. A local attacker could exploit this to gain control of certain applications, potentially leading to privilege escalation, as...
USN-877-1: Firefox 3.0 and Xulrunner 1.9 regression
USN-873-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. The upstream changes introduced a regression when using NTLM authentication. This update fixes the problem and adds additional stability fixes. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Jesse Ruderman, Josh Soref,...
USN-812-1: Subversion vulnerability
Matt Lewis discovered that Subversion did not properly sanitize its input when processing svndiff streams, leading to various integer and heap overflows. If a user or automated system processed crafted input, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code ...
USN-782-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Several flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine of Thunderbird. If a user had JavaScript enabled and were tricked into viewing malicious web content, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...
USN-664-1: Tk vulnerability
It was discovered that Tk could be made to overrun a buffer when loading certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, remote attackers could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with user privileges...
USN-464-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Philipp Richter discovered that the AppleTalk protocol handler did not sufficiently verify the length of packets. By sending a crafted AppleTalk packet, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel. CVE-2007-1357 Gabriel Campana discovered that the doipv6setsockopt function did not...
USN-197-1: Shorewall vulnerability
A firewall bypass vulnerability has been found in shorewall. If MACLISTTTL was set to a value greater than 0 or MACLISTDISPOSITION was set to "ACCEPT" in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf, and a client was positively identified through its MAC address, that client bypassed all other policies/rules in...
USN-101-1: telnet vulnerabilities
A buffer overflow was discovered in the telnet client's handling of the LINEMODE suboptions. By sending a specially constructed reply containing a large number of SLC Set Local Character commands, a remote attacker i. e. a malicious telnet server could execute arbitrary commands with the privileg...
USN-60-0: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
CAN-2005-0001: Paul Starzetz discovered a race condition in the Linux page fault handler code. This allowed an unprivileged user to gain root privileges on multiprocessor machines under some circumstances. This also affects the Hyper-Threading mode on Pentium 4 processors...
USN-48-1: xpdf, tetex-bin vulnerabilities
A potential buffer overflow has been found in the xpdf viewer. An insufficient input validation could be exploited by an attacker providing a specially crafted PDF file which, when processed by xpdf, could result in abnormal program termination or the execution of attacker supplied program code...
USN-14-1: xpdf vulnerabilities
Markus Meissner discovered even more integer overflow vulnerabilities in xpdf, a viewer for PDF files. These integer overflows can eventually lead to buffer overflows. The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS uses the same code to print PDF files; tetex-bin uses the code to generate PDF output and...
USN-6895-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the ATA over Ethernet AoE driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-6270 It was discovered that the HugeTLB file syst...
USN-6705-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the DesignWare USB3 for Qualcomm SoCs driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions during device registration. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-22995 It was discovered that the NVIDIA...
USN-6681-4: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate inode types while performing garbage collection. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service system...
USN-6524-1: PyPy vulnerability
Nicky Mouha discovered that PyPy incorrectly handled certain SHA-3 operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PyPy to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-6440-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Seth Jenkins discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly perform address randomization for a per-cpu memory management structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory or in conjunction with another kernel vulnerability. CVE-2023-0597 It was discovere...
USN-6391-1: CUPS vulnerability
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly parsed certain Postscript objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into printing a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-6387-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Jana Hofmann, Emanuele Vannacci, Cedric Fournet, Boris Kopf, and Oleksii Oleksenko discovered that some AMD processors could leak stale data from division operations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20588 It was discovered...
USN-6325-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Daniel Moghimi discovered that some IntelR Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to sensitive information. CVE-2022-40982 Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors...
USN-6304-1: Inetutils vulnerabilities
It was discovered that telnetd in GNU Inetutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS CVE-2022-39028 It was discovered that Inetutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An...
USN-6149-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Patryk Sondej and Piotr Krysiuk discovered that a race condition existed in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel when processing batch requests, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrar...
USN-6117-1: Apache Batik vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Apache Batik incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a cross site request forgery attack. CVE-2019-17566, CVE-2020-11987, CVE-2022-38398, CVE-2022-38648 It was discovered that Apache Batik incorrectly handled Jar URLs in some...
USN-5975-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Updated on 2023-04-11: Please note that when USN 5975-1 was originally published, it incorrectly included the linux-gcp kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. References to that kernel have been removed from this USN and the correct information for it has been published in USN 6007-1. Original advisory...
USN-5880-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
Christian Holler discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when using PKCS 12 Safe Bag attributes. An attacker could construct a PKCS 12 cert bundle in such a way that could allow for arbitrary memory writes. CVE-2023-0767 Johan Carlsson discovered that Firefox did not properly manag...
USN-5863-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the NFSD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some RPC messages, leading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-43945 Tamás Koczka discovered that th...
USN-4781-2: Slurm vulnerabilities
USN-4781-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Slurm. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM CVE-2016-10030 and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM CVE-2018-10995. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain messages between the daemon and the user. ...
USN-5795-2: Net-SNMP vulnerabilities
USN-5795-1 and 5543-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Net-SNMP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Net-SNMP incorrectly handled certain requests. A remote attacker could possibly use these...
USN-5760-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. CVE-2022-2309 It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or cause ...
USN-5754-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the NFSD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some RPC messages, leading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-43945 It was discovered that a memory...
USN-5702-1: curl vulnerabilities
Robby Simpson discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain POST operations after PUT operations. This issue could cause applications using curl to send the wrong data, perform incorrect memory operations, or crash. CVE-2022-32221 Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled parsin...
USN-5371-3: nginx vulnerability
USN-5371-1 and USN-5371-2 fixed several vulnerabilities in nginx. This update provides the corresponding update for CVE-2020-11724 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perfo...
USN-5348-3: Smarty vulnerabilities
USN-5348-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Smarty. This update provides the fixes for CVE-2021-21408, CVE-2021-26119, CVE-2021-26120 and CVE-2021-29454 for Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. Original advisory details: David Gnedt and Thomas Konrad discovered that Smarty was incorrectly sanitizing the paths prese...
USN-5483-1: Exempi vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Exempi to stop responding or crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...
USN-5456-1: ImageMagick vulnerability
It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact...
USN-5448-1: ncurses vulnerabilities
It was discovered that ncurses was not properly checking array bounds when executing the fmtentry function, which could result in an out-of-bounds write. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-10684 It was discovered that ncurses was not properly checking us...
USN-4961-2: pip vulnerability
USN-4961-1 fixed a vulnerability in pip. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that pip incorrectly handled unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use...
USN-5386-1: AIOHTTP vulnerability
Jelmer Vernooij and Beast Glatisant discovered that AIOHTTP incorrectly handled certain URLs, leading to an open redirect attack. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform phishing attacks...
USN-5173-1: libmodbus vulnerabilities
It was discovered that libmodbus incorrectly handled inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact...
USN-5054-2: uWSGI vulnerability
USN-5054-1 fixed a vulnerability in uWSGI for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Felix Wilhelm discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the modproxyuwsgi module. An attacker could use this vulnerability ...
USN-4624-1: libexif vulnerability
It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause unexpected behaviours, or execute arbitrary code...
USN-4595-1: Grunt vulnerability
It was discovered that Grunt did not properly load yaml files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-7729...
USN-4558-1: libapreq2 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that libapreq2 did not properly sanitize the Content-Type field in certain, crafted HTTP requests. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause libapreq2 to crash...
USN-4556-1: netqmail vulnerabilities
It was discovered that netqmail did not properly handle certain input. Both remote and local attackers could use this vulnerability to cause netqmail to crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2005-1513, CVE-2005-1514, CVE-2005-1515 It was discovered that netqmail did not properly handle certain inp...
USN-4540-1: atftpd vulnerabilities
Denis Andzakovic discovered that atftpd incorrectly handled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to cause atftpd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2019-11365 Denis Andzakovic discovered that atftpd did not properly lock the thread list...
USN-4538-1: PackageKit vulnerabilities
Vaisha Bernard discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled certain methods. A local attacker could use this issue to learn the MIME type of any file on the system. CVE-2020-16121 Sami Niemimäki discovered that PackageKit incorrectly handled local deb packages. A local user could possibly use...
USN-4479-1: Django vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Django, when used with Python 3.7 or higher, incorrectly handled directory permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or escalate permissions...